Gilberto Gil
Flora lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1981
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 4:17
Bossa nova
Bossa nova
Imagino-te já idosa
I imagine you already elderly
Frondosa toda a folhagem
Lush is all the foliage
Multiplicada a ramagem
Multiplied is the branching
De agora
From now on
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Tendo tudo transcorrido
Having everything transpired
Flores e frutos da imagem
Flowers and fruits of the image
Com que faço essa viagem
With which I make this journey
Pelo reino do teu nome
Through the realm of your name
Ó, Flora
Oh, Flora
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Imagino-te jaqueira
I imagine you, a jackfruit tree
Postada à beira da estrada
Standing by the roadside
Velha, forte, farta, bela senhora
Old, strong, abundant, beautiful lady
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Pelo chão, muitos caroços
On the ground, many seeds
Como que restos dos nossos
As if remnants of ours
Próprios sonhos devorados
Devoured dreams of my own
Pelo pássaro da aurora
By the dawn's bird
Ó, Flora
Oh, Flora
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Imagino-te futura ainda mais linda
I imagine you even more beautiful in the future
Madura
Mature
Pura no sabor de amor e de amora
Pure in the taste of love and blackberry
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Toda aquela luz acesa
All that light turned on
Na doçura e na beleza
In sweetness and in beauty
Terei sono, com certeza
I'll surely be sleepy
De baixo da tua sombra
Under your shadow
Ó, Flora
Oh, Flora
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Ó, Flora
Oh, Flora
Ó, Flora
Oh, Flora
Raul Mascarenhas
Raul Mascarenhas
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Key vocabulary
- bossa
- style
- nova
- newA2
- imagino
- imagineA2
- já
- alreadyA1
- idosa
- elderly
- frondosa
- leafyC1
- toda
- allA2
- folhagem
- foliageB2
- multiplicada
- multiplied
- ramagem
- branches
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About this song
Gilberto Gil was a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter associated with Tropicália and other innovative trends in Brazilian music. He is known for expanding Brazilian musical language through late-1960s and 1970s recordings and for combining an active political career, including serving as Brazil’s minister of culture, with ongoing work as a recording artist.